I'd like to call somebody to the stage that you as a folk singer But that you met in his other role
Paul is a comedian with a unique point of view and And in this capacity, and gentlemen Please welcome with me to the stage, my friend My compatriot, Paul
That was the sound of a ball Or if you're a ping-pong enthusiast, that was a sound of a ping-pong Except generally you'll
the sound of a match between a golfer and a ping-pong enthusiast
I golf today, 18 holes I played golf, wooo I did pretty good too, I think you would have been proud of me Four. Five. Six
I like sports very much There's a vast number of that I'm not invlved in. There's water In order to ski, really you should swim, right? You're not stay up there all the time, now And I like to swim, really You know what is to me? alive when I'm in the water. I'll do to stay afloat swallow Co2 cartriges
But I come out here to talk about sports I really, I out here, Peter talks about status And I cannot of one material object that has more status in this country the automobile And it starts at a very age now, right? I mean, now at 14, kids the car, right? They get cheaters permits so can drive You get a permit at 15, a cheaters permit at 14 And it's, I guess really necessary because You a lot of face calling up a girl and asking her If you can peddle right over and pick her up,
don't really go for that any more And if you look back on all the you had the automobile Aside a few interesting saturday evenings You got to admit one of the nicest times of all Was a sunday afternoon, if you get the car You down the stairs, ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk ker-clunk mom, dad, gonna take the car, ha day for a drive, I think I'll go out Ha haaa ha huuu
And then, and then they level you with giant killer, right? HAVE YOU DONE YOUR
If you were fast, you'd say, mom, dad, have I my homework? Run out the You pick up 3 great pretenders, 3 oclock in the afternoon The time is now 10 in the evening The same 4 are in the same car Well, whata you do? I don't know, whada you do? Hey, we've been driving for 7 Hey, I got an idea, he he Yeah, what's Lets go to a resturant and look at the girls, hehehe Oh, ok Well, here they are, but they're all our high school Wait a minute, there's a car load over a place right next to them, lets go get it
Don't at 'em Here's the conversation in the car you never heard
Here they There are look at 'em
Remember the time drive-ins first opened And the girls used to out to take your order? Now you're lucky you know, if you get a in slacks who delivers it I understand they're even putting in conveyor belts in some drive-in There was a time when the little girls came running out in short little them? You in And the little girl come running up May I take your sir? Yes, but I believe it's on the menu, ha ha They don't, they don't let you any more now They give you a little green box with a white on it A speaker grill, right
Oh, ok, um, We'd like one cheeseburger special extra The one you have out with the little white cup With that whatever that's in there, take it, whatever it is And uh, we'd like two hamburgers medium rare with on 'em And one hamburger, no, one hamburger, meat, no One frank, and chiliburgers, ok? Alright, and like two chocolate shakes, regular thick, for spoons you know THICK And we'd two strawberry shakes thin them down, or milk them down a little, ok 'Cause we got somebody here chapped lips and they'd like it thin Can, you what I mean? Are you
Well, could you us what we have please?
And six-packs take it And you get your food order in, you got at least 40 minutes to wait Even if just a cup of coffee you got 40 minutes to wait And you cannot get out of your car, Remember there was a time when drive-ins opened You used to pull in and get out, exchange hellos, some people were getting out and exchanging Something a heavier than hellos and greetings have policemen there to keep you in your car You can be 47 old and drop your credit cards on the ground Officer, my wallet I care who you are kid back in the car If you do get out, you gotta be very Because the new resturants radar now So you to crawl on your belly between the cars You get to the side of the car Psssst here! I come up, they'll spot me Put down window
Power windows, Whoo, this is a pretty car Hey, you're a pretty fancy
If you did manage to get out of the drive-in resturant without being There was a sporting event place at the traffic light Remember, all of two characters Mr. Businessman who drove a 4-door sedan with black-wall tires transmission Seated to him in a 1941 gray primer coated Ford With it's rear end 2 inches off the Tomato cans for With his back to the drivers window, his arm draped over the steering wheel His right hand gripped the gearshift lever A sneer on sat THE KID
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his tightened, and Those of you who are not quite what I mean By having your tightened The bands are the rings in an transmission Which actually affect the change Uh huh, I'll you an example This is an automobile with bands
This is an with loose bands
Well, Mr. Businessman has just had his bands And he thinks that he will show THE KID a or two Meanwhile, THE KID Has these 2 fingers up over his left arm This is the signlanguage among teenagers for dragging You probably recall Winston Churchill the war years Which everyone meant V for victory Actually if you'll also Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, right? He used to hold it in here, And occationally he turn to his friends on the stage and say Want a See, and the kids it up The light The changes to amber and Mr. Businessman decides to get very daring He pulls the automatic down into low He one foot on the brake holding the foot on the brake, in order to get that extra fast start He pulls the automatic transmission down low And pushes down on the accelerator inches The car is internally He knows, he knows, he knows he's gonna have to another band job not gonna let THE KID show him up The light changes to green, Mr. is off
Looks at the speedometer, 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98 miles an Looks out the window and The Kids not there You know what's
He looks in the rear view and The Kids still back at the corner He never races He just sits there and scares the out of them